Category Archives: War and not War

To war or not to war – that is the question

Benghazi to NTC: Where is the Army?

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://rt.com/news/libya-hezbollah-militia-army-147/ (Russia Times) The accusation was thrown out all during the “Revolution” in Libya that the military run by the sovereign government of Libya were really “merenaries”, meaning they were being paid to be soldiers – and therefore somehow evil  … Continue reading →

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Libya, War and Propoganda

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Fred Stiening

It took a few months, but a voice at the NY Times finally brings out the truth that there is no truth in Libya. The Benghazi forces just made things up, which most of the reporters (Ed. Especially the BBC … Continue reading →

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Anwar al-Awlaki is dead

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Fred Stiening

He’s the guy who has been running around Yemen, organizing and inspiring attempts to attack the United States. http://www.chron.com/news/article/Yemen-Al-Qaida-s-al-Awlaki-killed-in-airstrike-2192332.php Two days ago, the Yemini military head’s  convoy was hit by a suicide bomber who blew up next to the vehicles … Continue reading →

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Looking to Cyprus

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Fred Stiening

I’ve referenced Cypus several times recently – speculating that if Greece falls into anarchy, Turkey likely will view that as an opportunity to take control of the entire island of Cyprus. Cyprus has a long history of being caught in … Continue reading →

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Turkey wants long range UAVs

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2011/ss_military1151_09_13.asp The Obama administration is looking at providing access to the long range Pedator Drone. The Predators would be monitoring only, not the ones capable of dropping bombs

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The coming war between Israel and Turkey

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Fred Stiening

While the “Right Wing Propaganda Machine” (Fox News, John Bolton, some of John Batchelor’s guests) have been pounding the drums of war trying to incite America to attack Iran in a replay of the WMD rationale for attacking Iraq – … Continue reading →

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Who prints Dinars?

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Fred Stiening

One thing I’ve wondered about is – where did the Libyan banks in Benghazi get Dinars to fill their ATM machines?    Banks would have some paper money in their vaults, and some would circulate, but without the “printing press”, … Continue reading →

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Greece tunnels under the ECB, empties vault

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8723588/Greece-forced-to-tap-emergency-fund.html Greece quietly has started taking money from the Emergency Fund to deal with liquidity problems in Greek banks. So if I was a person living on Cyprus and I’m not a Turkish Muslim, I’m getting a bit nervous right … Continue reading →

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San Francisco’s Summer of Revolution

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Fred Stiening

FM radio signals do not work underground.   If you’re in a tunnel and your FM radio, Sirius/XM or your cell phone are still working, it’s because the operator of the tunnel has installed repeaters inside the tunnel to retransmit the … Continue reading →

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Let’s bomb the crap out of the Taliban!

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Several of the “right wing” talk show hosts went down this path today – the SEAL helicopter being shot down is proof that withdrawing our forces isn’t going to work, and we need to bomb the crap out of Afghanistan … Continue reading →

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